KDE Ships KDE Applications 17.08.0

August 17, 2017. KDE Applications 17.08 is here. We have worked to make both the applications and the underlying libraries more stable and easier to use. By ironing out wrinkles and listening to your feedback, we have made the KDE Applications suite less prone to glitches and much friendlier. Enjoy your new apps!

More Porting to KDE Frameworks 5

We're pleased that the following applications which were based on kdelibs4 are now based on KDE Frameworks 5: kmag, kmousetool, kgoldrunner, kigo, konquest, kreversi, ksnakeduel, kspaceduel, ksudoku, kubrick, lskat, and umbrello. Thanks to the hard-working developers who volunteered their time and work to make that happen.

In SieveEditor, a lot of bugs in autocreate scripts have been fixed and closed. Along with general bug-fixing, a regexp editor line-editor has been added.

In KMail the ability to use an external editor has been recreated as a plugin.

The Akonadi-import-wizard now has the 'convert all converter' as a plugin, so that developers can create new converters easily.

Applications now depend on Qt 5.7. Developers have fixed a lot of compile errors on Windows. All of kdepim does not compile on Windows yet but the developers have made big progress. To begin, the developers created a craft-recipe for it. Much bug fixing has been done to modernize code (C++11). Wayland support on Qt 5.9. Kdepim-runtime adds a facebook resource.

Developers have finished porting the X11 plugin to Qt5, and krfb is working again using a X11 backend that is much faster than the Qt plugin. There's a new Settings page, allowing the user to change preferred framebuffer plugin.

Konsole now allows unlimited scrollback to extend past 2GB (32bit) limit. Now Konsole allows users to enter any location to store scrollback files. Also, a regression was fixed, Konsole can once again allow KonsolePart to call the Manage Profile dialog.

In KAppTemplate there is now an option to install new templates from the filesystem. More templates have been removed from KAppTemplate and instead integrated into related products; ktexteditor plugin template and kpartsapp template (ported to Qt5/KF5 now) have become part of KDE Frameworks KTextEditor and KParts since 5.37.0. These changes should simplify creation of templates in KDE applications.

Bug Stomping

More than 80 bugs have been resolved in applications including the Kontact Suite, Ark, Dolphin, K3b, Kdenlive, KGpg, Konsole and more!

Full Changelog

If you would like to read more about the changes in this release, head over to the complete changelog. Although a bit intimidating due to its breadth, the changelog can be an excellent way to learn about KDE's internal workings and discover apps and features you never knew you had.

Spread the Word

Non-technical contributors play an important part in KDE's success. While proprietary software companies have huge advertising budgets for new software releases, KDE often depends on word of mouth.

Help us spread the word on the social web. You can submit stories to news sites like Reddit, Facebook and Twitter; upload screenshots of your new set-up to services like Snapchat, Instagram and Google+; or create screencasts and upload them to YouTube, Blip.tv, and Vimeo, or stream them live over Twitch!

Remember to tag your posts and uploaded materials with the KDE moniker, as this makes them easier to find and gives the KDE Promo Team a way to analyze coverage for the KDE Applications 17.08 release.

Installing KDE Applications 17.08 Binary Packages

Packages.
Some Linux/UNIX OS vendors have kindly provided binary packages of KDE Applications 17.08 for some versions of their distribution, and in other cases community volunteers have done so. Additional binary packages, as well as updates to the packages now available, may become available over the coming weeks.

Package Locations.
For a current list of available binary packages of which the KDE Project has been informed, please visit the Community Wiki.

Compiling KDE Applications 17.08

Supporting KDE

KDE is a Free Software community that exists and grows only because of the help of many volunteers that donate their time and effort. KDE is always looking for new volunteers and contributions, whether it is help with coding, bug fixing or reporting, writing documentation, translations, promotion, money, etc. All contributions are gratefully appreciated and eagerly accepted. Please read through the Supporting KDE page for further information or become a KDE e.V. supporting member through our new Join the Game initiative.

About KDE

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and open source software for desktop and portable computing. Among
KDE's products are a modern desktop system for Linux and UNIX platforms,
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software titles in many categories including Internet and web
applications, multimedia, entertainment, educational, graphics and
software development. KDE software is translated into more than 60
languages and is built with ease of use and modern accessibility
principles in mind. KDE's full-featured applications run natively on
Linux, BSD, Solaris, Windows and Mac OS X.

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